Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

They are the true overlords of this bloody ancient hunting ground. Even the weakest among them has firmly reached the Saint level, while the strongest, the Blood Dragon and the Black Tiger, are probably close to Saint King!
They might have been estranged from each other due to territory or slumber, but at this moment, a shared "threat" and a sense of territory have temporarily united them. The overwhelming killing intent, like a tangible iceberg, firmly locked onto Ying Xuan, while also frightening away the roaring, low-strength ordinary monsters that rushed towards them, causing them to scatter and flee, not daring to approach this core battlefield.

Looking at these giant beasts that exuded a terrifying aura, Ying Xuan showed no fear; instead, a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

"You're the ones."

He muttered to himself.

"No matter how many of those little insects on the periphery there are, their combined blood and spiritual energy may not be comparable to a few of you. Moreover, the karma caused by slaughtering too many lower beings is too heavy. Although it can be transferred to the Qin Imperial Guards... the Imperial Guards are already burdened with enough malevolent energy and karma, and it is not advisable to add more."

He had already made up his mind. Eliminating the strong and extracting their essence was an efficient and "clean" method.

Faced with the encirclement of several terrifying behemoths equivalent to saints or even saint kings, Ying Xuan no longer held back.

"Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiends, the Heavenly Cycle is Forbidden!"

He let out a low shout, and the black and white jade pendant at his waist suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant light! This time, the range of the formation was not pursued to be extremely wide, but rather it was more condensed and more targeted!
A black and white light screen, covering the core battlefield within a radius of hundreds of miles, instantly took shape like an inverted giant bowl! On the light screen, the phantom images of one hundred and eight star islands clearly appeared, moving along even more complex and profound trajectories, radiating a terrifying power that suppressed all things and isolated heaven and earth!
This is precisely the stronger form that the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation can exhibit after being refined into the Sea of ​​Bitterness and more deeply integrated with Ying Xuan's life essence—the Zhou Tian Forbidden Domain!
"Roar!"

"Ow!"

The giant beasts trapped in the array's domain roared in shock and rage! They felt their connection to the outside world was greatly weakened, the power of the laws around them sluggish, and their movements seemed to be stuck in an invisible quagmire!
Even more terrifying was that each of the 108 illusory islands suspended above the light screen exuded a heavy pressure that made them tremble!

"The wind follows the tiger, the clouds follow the dragon; when the wind and clouds meet, the dragon and tiger clash!"

Ying Xuan stood at the core of the formation, making hand seals to induce changes in the formation.

Within the array space, the thirty-six islands representing the "Heavenly Gang" attribute and the seventy-two islands representing the "Earthly Fiend" attribute were undergoing a sudden transformation as their energy flowed!

The roars of tigers and the howls of dragons suddenly resounded! The power of wind and clouds gathered, transforming into invisible shackles and blades, strangling and killing the trapped giant beasts! At the same time, the illusory islands also began to accelerate, crashing into the giant beasts like a meteor shower!

The blood dragon spewed out a sea of ​​blood-red lightning, the black tiger flapped its wings and stirred up a destructive gale, the golden python swung its tail and shattered the void... The giant beasts fought back desperately, unleashing Saint-level and even Saint-King-level power, which shook the entire array light screen violently and even caused tiny cracks to appear!
However, in the face of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Formation, a top-level formation that had been strengthened many times and was fully activated by Ying Xuan, especially in this deliberately created "domain" environment, their resistance seemed so difficult.

"Boom boom boom...!"

The phantom islands crashed into the colossal beast's massive body one after another, each impact unleashing a deafening roar. Scales shattered, and flesh and blood flew everywhere! The chains and blades formed from the power of wind and clouds relentlessly eroded their protective divine light and vital energy!

The first to give way were the weaker giant beasts.

Under the continuous impact and the erosion of the array's power, they cried out in agony as they were severely injured. They were then forcibly refined by the array's power, turning into smaller but equally pure and powerful clusters of blood light, which were then thrown into the "blood-colored flames of law" that were burning and refining the giant stele!

The blood flames, fueled by new "fuel," burned even more fiercely, and the giant monument melted even faster! The torrent of pure divine ingredients surged even more powerfully towards the various star islands.

Following closely behind, the ferocious golden python was also targeted by several star islands with "sharp" and "penetrating" attributes, which tore through its defenses and ultimately led to its demise.

Only the strongest, the Winged Black Tiger and the Blood Dragon, remained, struggling to hold on.

They were indeed powerful, especially the blood dragon, which was almost at the peak of the Saint King level. Every counterattack caused the array's light screen to tremble violently, forcing Ying Xuan to devote more attention to maintaining the array's stability.

But the outcome was already predetermined. Under the continuous wear and tear of the formation, and the occasional interference of a pure yang lightning bolt summoned by Ying Xuan, the Black Tiger and the Blood Dragon were severely injured and suppressed one after another, and were finally refined into two of the largest and purest blood lights, which were then thrown into the blood flames!
"boom--!!!"

Empowered by the life essence and law fragments of these two most powerful beasts, the blood flames suddenly soared ten thousand feet high! The colossal monument, spanning ten thousand miles, rapidly shrank and melted at a visible speed! A massive amount of top-grade divine essence, like a river bursting its banks, surged wildly into the one hundred and eight star islands!

The islands roared, their size expanded once more, and their texture underwent a complete transformation! On the surface of many islands, natural Dao patterns related to the attributes of the divine materials they absorbed even began to appear naturally!

When the last wisp of blood flame died down, the colossal monument vanished completely. Only a few objects, each shimmering with different precious lights and of various shapes, remained suspended in the air.

Those were the natal magic treasures or embryos left behind after being refined from the bitter sea or the core of several of the strongest giant beasts. Although their spirituality was damaged, their materials and refining techniques were extremely extraordinary. Any one of them would be enough to drive the holy lords of the Big Dipper crazy.

Ying Xuan waved his hand and put away these magical artifact embryos, but there was not much greed on his face.

He scanned the outer perimeter of the array space with his divine sense. The millions of ordinary monsters that were originally isolated outside were now terrified by the aftermath of the battle in the core area and the terrifying aura of the successive falls of the overlords. They either scattered and fled, or bumped around like headless flies, and some of the weaker ones even exploded and died.

"These monsters also contain some crude magical artifacts or material embryos, though far inferior to those in my hand, they are still much stronger than those used by the Qin Imperial Guard and the Tianxing Sect cultivators."

Ying Xuan understood, but he ultimately suppressed the urge to wipe out all the monsters. "Excessive killing is not the right path. Although I am not afraid of the consequences of killing being transferred, the Qin Imperial Guards already have heavy burdens and cannot be burdened further. The gains here have far exceeded expectations."

He shook his head, no longer looking at the chaotic fleeing monsters, and turned his gaze to the deeper depths.

Following the general direction that the monsters instinctively avoided as they fled, and the direction where the giant beasts had been guarding them, Ying Xuan concealed his aura, transformed into an inconspicuous streak of light, and flew forward.

After flying for several thousand miles, passing through a "forest" formed by giant fossilized bones, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

A relatively flat, expansive platform paved with dark red crystals came into view. At the center of the platform stood a colossal platform, a thousand feet tall, carved entirely from some kind of warm, white jade!
The platform is divided into nine levels, each of which is carved with intricate patterns of the sun, moon, stars, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and ancient people's sacrifices. Although it is also covered with the marks of time, it still exudes a solemn, sacred, and grand atmosphere that connects heaven and earth.

At this moment, a serene, clear, and ancient "celestial sound" faintly emanated from the direction of this platform.

Around the Dao Platform, there were also many giant beasts of various kinds, whose strength was obviously stronger than those cannon fodder, but weaker than the overlords that Ying Xuan had refined.

They seemed drawn by the celestial sounds, or perhaps guarding or waiting for something, and were now pacing restlessly and growling. Many of the giant beasts had bloodshot eyes, clearly panicked and enraged by the sudden disappearance of the aura of their "king" or "leader."

Further away, in the void diagonally above the platform, there are remnants of "floating mountains" or "suspended palaces" of varying sizes and shapes, resembling islands and reefs at sea. Against the dark red backdrop of the sky, they appear and disappear, as if they are in some kind of spatial interlayer.

The true source of that clear and melodious "heavenly sound" seems to be deep within those faintly visible "islands and reefs"!
As the heavenly sounds continued to resound, near those "islands and reefs," tiny specks of light, like fireflies, began to fall gently, radiating a soft life force and pure spiritual energy.

The rain of light fell on the restless giant beasts around the platform, seemingly calming them down slightly. Many of the beasts raised their heads, trying to catch the specks of light, their eyes filled with longing. However, due to the fear of their leader's inexplicable disappearance and the presence of the human fiend above, they dared not make a move, only letting out low, contradictory roars.

Ying Xuan hovered in the distance, observing quietly.

He saw a large rain of light slowly drifting down near him, reached out and scooped it up in his palm.

The light dissipated, revealing a strange spiritual herb that was entirely emerald green, with seven leaves of different shapes, exuding a rich aura of life laws and fluctuations of at least 20,000 years of medicinal age!
"A 20,000-year-old 'Seven Star Dao-Nourishing Grass'?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Ying Xuan's eyes, which then turned into a wildly joyful laugh.

"Hahaha! Excellent! What a magnificent mythical ancient road! Such an opportunity exists here!"

Without further hesitation, he instantly appeared above the platform and waved his hand! An invisible suction force erupted, sweeping away the falling rain of light, as well as the light spots that had already landed near the platform but had not yet been devoured by the giant beast, like a whale sucking in water!

Points of spiritual light gathered in front of him, and a quick glance revealed that there were no fewer than a hundred of them! Although not every one of them was as old as the Seven Star Dao-Nourishing Grass, they were generally over ten thousand years old, with a wide variety of species and different attributes, and all of them contained pure Daoist essence, making them invaluable!
Without hesitation, Ying Xuan moved all the ancient spiritual herbs nurtured in the rain of light into the spiritual soil areas most suitable for their growth on the various star islands of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation.

The moment these rare, top-tier spiritual herbs landed, they resonated with the island's already incredibly rich spiritual energy and life essence! The unique aura of law they emitted intertwined with the divine essence absorbed by the island itself and the stellar power of the array's operation, making the "Daoist rhythm" within the entire array space even richer and more active!
In particular, one of the seedlings, shaped like a small tree with leaves like jade and branches flowing with a rich life force, was a “life tree” sapling. Its leaves swayed gently, scattering specks of emerald green life essence, which sprinkled on the other spiritual herbs around it like sweet rain.

Stimulated by this purest essence of life, many medicinal herbs that had already reached their growth limit seemed to break through some invisible bottleneck and begin a new round of even more rapid growth and transformation!
The fragrance of herbs mixed with the fluctuations of the laws permeated the entire array space. Even the "blood-red flame of the laws" that was refining the remnants of the giant stele and tempering the island itself was slightly weakened by the excessive vitality and spiritual energy of the spiritual herbs.

Ying Xuan felt immense joy as he sensed the vibrant life force and rapidly increasing foundation within the array space. However, he knew that the true opportunity might lie within those intermittently appearing "islands" above.

He recalled the scattered records about the mythical ancient road "Heavenly Realm" that he had seen in the ancient books of the Immortal Mountain, and combined them with the scene before him, he had a guess in his mind.

"These floating islands and reefs are probably the entrances or springboards to the higher-level 'celestial realm' of the ancient mythical road!"

Without further hesitation, he flashed and arrived at the nearest gray-brown "island" about a hundred miles in size, covered with ancient moss and vines, diagonally above the platform.

The reefs felt solid to the touch, not an illusion. Standing on them, the clear, melodious "celestial sounds" became even more distinct, as if they were emanating directly from the depths of the dark red "sky" above.

Ying Xuan looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and recalled the method recorded in ancient books of using a specific aura to guide people to the "celestial realm".

He did not copy it completely, but combined his own understanding of the laws of space and stars, as well as the characteristics of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation. He raised his hand and pressed it on the reef under his feet, sending a unique "mark" that mixed his own pure yang energy, star power and formation fluctuations along the connection between the reef and the void towards the dark red "sky curtain" above!
"Om-!"

The black and white array light burst forth from his palm, like a comet hurtling backward, crashing hard into the dark red sky that seemed to be formless and intangible, yet also seemed to have been frozen for eternity!
"Bang--!!!"

A deep, resounding boom that seemed to echo through the very soul!
Where the black and white light collided, the dark red sky rippled violently, like the surface of a lake tossed with a boulder! Ripples spread rapidly in concentric circles!
Immediately afterward, under Ying Xuan's solemn gaze, the area of ​​the sky that had been struck began to fade rapidly and become transparent... Finally, as if a curtain had been slowly drawn back, a completely different, vast, and clear blue ocean gradually appeared before his eyes!
The sea is azure, with gentle waves, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Further away, where the sea meets the sky, the outlines of islands seem to appear, and... even more magnificent, more mysterious, and subtly more dangerous scenery appears and disappears at the edge of the horizon. (End of Chapter)